User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 311 254
Rank change year-on-year +17 -57 +11
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 98 136 285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.60% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.67% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 107 230
10th Percentile £325 £363 £400
25th Percentile £400 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £504
Median % change year-on-year - -5.80% +18.65%
75th Percentile £560 £573 £557
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £543 £520
% change year-on-year -7.83% +4.33% +9.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
UK median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.26% -26.92% +73.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD) is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,285 20,362 27,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.51% 89.30% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,280 13,968 18,972
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +2.87% +9.23%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £690 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,123 1,246 1,358
10th Percentile £12.40 £10.63 £12.39
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.25 £62.33
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +17 43 £400 -24.17% 21
Scotland +9 29 £425 -9.86% 7
North West +31 24 £375 -16.67% 15
South East +10 13 £550 -1.35% 5
Yorkshire -10 13 £425 -22.73% 5
South West +6 8 £606 +20.05% 6
Midlands +19 7 £550 -2.22% 9
North East +13 6 £575 +16.16% 1
East Midlands +12 4 £550 -15.38% 2
West Midlands +10 3 £650 +15.56% 7
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (13.27%) Sketch
2 3 (3.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (3.06%) InVision
3 2 (2.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.04%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.02%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.02%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (1.02%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.31%) Figma
2 12 (12.24%) Azure
3 4 (4.08%) SaaS
4 1 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.27%) SAN
1 13 (13.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.20%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.06%) Big Data
3 1 (1.02%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Axure RP
2 2 (2.04%) JIRA
3 1 (1.02%) Balsamiq
General
1 27 (27.55%) Public Sector
2 17 (17.35%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.16%) Finance
4 8 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.08%) Health Technology
6 3 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.04%) Military
8 1 (1.02%) Billing
8 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Law
8 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (45.92%) Designer
2 24 (24.49%) UX Designer
3 19 (19.39%) User Researcher
4 13 (13.27%) Developer
4 13 (13.27%) Python Developer
4 13 (13.27%) Senior
5 8 (8.16%) Interaction Designer
6 7 (7.14%) Senior Designer
6 7 (7.14%) Service Designer
6 7 (7.14%) UI Designer
7 6 (6.12%) Analyst
8 5 (5.10%) Architect
8 5 (5.10%) Lead
8 5 (5.10%) UI/UX Designer
9 4 (4.08%) Backend Developer
9 4 (4.08%) Content Designer
10 3 (3.06%) Linux Developer
10 3 (3.06%) Senior Service Designer
10 3 (3.06%) Senior User Researcher
10 3 (3.06%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.20%) React
2 7 (7.14%) CSS
2 7 (7.14%) HTML
3 2 (2.04%) OAuth
4 1 (1.02%) CSS3
4 1 (1.02%) Framer.js
4 1 (1.02%) HTML5
4 1 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.41%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.06%) NHS
4 2 (2.04%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.02%) BYOD
5 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.27%) Debian
1 13 (13.27%) Linux
1 13 (13.27%) Ubuntu
2 10 (10.20%) Android
2 10 (10.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (50.00%) Agile
2 48 (48.98%) User Experience
2 48 (48.98%) User Research
3 39 (39.80%) Prototyping
4 37 (37.76%) UX Design
5 23 (23.47%) Service Design
6 21 (21.43%) Mentoring
7 16 (16.33%) Interaction Design
7 16 (16.33%) Usability Testing
7 16 (16.33%) User Stories
8 15 (15.31%) Software Engineering
9 13 (13.27%) Configuration Management
9 13 (13.27%) Data Engineering
9 13 (13.27%) Data Modelling
9 13 (13.27%) ITIL
10 11 (11.22%) Coaching
10 11 (11.22%) Customer Service
10 11 (11.22%) Wireframes
11 10 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (10.20%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.47%) Python
2 5 (5.10%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 20 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.20%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.12%) Degree
5 3 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (29.59%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.16%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (6.12%) WCAG
4 4 (4.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (3.06%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.27%) Red Hat
2 13 (13.27%) VMware
3 4 (4.08%) Adobe
4 1 (1.02%) Brio
4 1 (1.02%) Workday